Homeland Security Challenges Facing the Next Administration

June 23, 2008, 10:00am - 11:00am

Created in 2002, the Department of Homeland Security remains one of the most troubled entities within the federal government. The Department's gross mismanagement of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina is just the first item in a long list of disturbing ineptitude and misuse of public funds. Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, will discuss how the next administration should deal with the struggling Department during an upcoming presentation at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Representative Price will have recently completed marking up the fiscal year 2009 appropriation for the Department and is expected to share his insights into the major issues contained in the bill, as well as steps the next administration should take for reform.